Jackie Thomas

Dr. Thomas has attained a national level reputation based largely on three areas of expertise. First, she has been instrumental the development of services and standards related to care in early pregnancy. In 2003, she opened Canada’s first early pregnancy complications clinic, through which she has influenced the development of similar services in many Canadian centres. Based on her expertise, Dr. Thomas co-authored the SOGC guideline on Ectopic Pregnancy and Pregnancy of Unknown Location. Second, over a 12-year period, and in tandem with serving as site residency program coordinator, she created and developed the highly acclaimed RCPSC examination preparation program for PGY5 residents, the first of its kind in Canada. Her widely-admired efforts led Dr. Thomas to twice receive the CREOG National Faculty award for leadership in resident education, and she is amongst our highest-decorated Department members for Annual Teaching Awards. Thirdly, she is widely known for her skills in promoting excellence in clinical practice through many highly-regarded Continuing Medical Education courses. As an example, her “Everyday Gynaecology” course, held annually now for 10 years, attracts over 350 participants. She is described as “a renowned speaker” by one of her referees. Her extensive high-quality contributions in CME have resulted in her receiving the Chair’s Awards for Excellence in Continuing Medical Education Course Coordination as well as for Continuing Medical Education Teaching, our only faculty member to ever have been given both awards. Dr. Thomas has several impactful research interests; for example, her work on cervical preparation prior to hysteroscopy has set the standard of care in Canada.

Research Synopsis

Research by Dr. Thomas can be found under the citation Thomas J.